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Marja Aartsen

Marja Aartsen

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Marja Aartsen er forsker 1 ved NOVA, seksjon for aldring og boligstudier. Hun har bakgrunn i sosiologi med doktorgrad fra VU Universitetet i Amsterdam. Hennes faglige interesse er i tillegg sosialgerontologi. Marja er særlig opptatt av ensomhet, sosial ekskludering, sosial ulikhet og utvikling av sosial funksjon i andre halvdel av livet. Hun er også interessert i statistiske modelleringer av longitudinelle sammenhenger mellom sosial funksjon og kognitiv/mental funksjon og fysisk helse. Marja er delprosjektleder for to internasjonale forskningsprosjekter med fokus på sosial ekskludering i senlivet: GENPATH og AMASE (som er et rumensk-norsk samarbeid). Videre er hun del av forskerteamet som har ansvar for den norske NorLAG-studien, og hun er tidligere redaktør av European Journal of Ageing.

Fagfelt

Aldring   Gerontologi   Sosial ulikhet   Metodologi   Ensomhet   Sosialt nettverk   Sosial ekskludering

Forskningsprosjekter

Aktive forskningsprosjekter

Avsluttede forskningsprosjekter

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner

Gentha, Mihaela; Matei, Aniela; Rothe, Franziska; Aartsen, Marja ; PRECUPEȚU, Iuliana (2025). Assessing the transferability potential of policy practices for older people. Archives of Public Health. Vol. 83.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-025-01548-w

Rapolienė, Gražina; Gedvilaitė-Kordušienė, Margarita; Tretjakova, Vaida; Aartsen, Marja (2025). Subjective Meanings of Loneliness: Narratives of Young and Middle-Aged Adults. Sociológia (Bratislava). Vol. 57.
https://doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2025.57.2.6

Precupetu, Iuliana; Pop, Cosmina; Aartsen, Marja (2025). Macro-Level Influences on Loneliness in Later Life: An fsQCA Analysis. Aartsen, Marja; Precupetu, Iuliana; Suanet, Bianca (Red.). Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life: Towards a Better Understanding of the Loneliness Paradox in Europe. s. 251-280. Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94565-6_11

Suanet, Bianca; Aartsen, Marja (2025). Linking Life Course Theory to Multi-Level Explanations of Loneliness: Towards a Sociology of Loneliness. Aartsen, Marja; Precupetu, Iuliana; Suanet, Bianca (Red.). Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life: Towards a Better Understanding of the Loneliness Paradox in Europe. s. 321-344. Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94565-6_14

Vasile, Octavian-Marian; Aartsen, Marja (2025). Loneliness Prevalence in Different Age Groups in Europe. Aartsen, Marja; Precupetu, Iuliana; Suanet, Bianca (Red.). Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life: Towards a Better Understanding of the Loneliness Paradox in Europe. s. 89-114. Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94565-6_5

Aartsen, Marja ; Suanet, Bianca; Hansen, Thomas; Precupetu, Iuliana (2025). Loneliness Re-Examined: Societal Influences and Future Research Directions. Aartsen, Marja; Precupetu, Iuliana; Suanet, Bianca (Red.). Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life: Towards a Better Understanding of the Loneliness Paradox in Europe. s. 345-364. Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94565-6_15

Aartsen, Marja ; Precupetu, Iuliana; Suanet, Bianca (2025). Introduction. For a macro-social perspective on loneliness. Aartsen, Marja; Precupetu, Iuliana; Suanet, Bianca (Red.). Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life: Towards a Better Understanding of the Loneliness Paradox in Europe. s. 3-16. Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94565-6_1

Dury, Sarah; Grinshteyn, Erin; Aartsen, Marja (2025). Older people’s formal volunteering. Serrat, Rodrigo (Red.). Civic Engagement in Later Life. s. 90-107. Policy Press.
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447373551.ch006

Aartsen, Marja ; Vangen, Hanna ; Pavlidis, George; Hansen, Thomas; Precupetu, Iuliana (2024). The unique and synergistic effects of social isolation and loneliness on 20-years mortality risks in older men and women. Frontiers in Public Health. Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1432701

Sauter, Julia; Precupetu, Iuliana; Aartsen, Marja (2024). Cohort and gender differences in the association between childlessness and social exclusion in old age. European Journal of Ageing. Vol. 21.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-024-00831-z





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Fagbøker⁄lærebøker

Aartsen, Marja ; Precupetu, Iuliana; Suanet, Bianca (2025). Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life: Towards a Better Understanding of the Loneliness Paradox in Europe. ISBN: 9783031945656. 366 s. Springer.
https://doi.org/https://link.springer.com/book/10.

Komp, Kathrin; Aartsen, Marja (2013). Old age in Europe: A textbook of gerontology. ISBN: 9789400761346. 141 s. Springer Science+Business Media B.V..
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3902664



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Forskningsrapporter

Aartsen, Marja ; Rothe, Franziska (2023). The impact of the COVID-19pandemic on social isolation and loneliness - A Nordic research review. 48 s. Nordic Welfare Centre.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5245038

Ghenta, Mihaela; Matei, Aniela; Aartsen, Marja ; Rothe, Franziska (2022). Pension, health and long-term care policy frameworks for older people in Norway and Romania. 100 s. INCSMPS.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3342599

Walsh, Kieran; Dahlberg, Lena; Conboy, Patricia; Tiilikainen, Elisa; Sepannen, Marjaana; Ogg, Jim; Myck, Michal; Aartsen, Marja ; Burholt, Vanessa; Lamura, Giovanni; Draulans, Veerle; Vidovićová, Lucie; Tournier, Isabelle; Kafková, Marcela Petrová; Torres, Sandra; Lowenstein, Ariela; Waldegrave, Charles; Barbabella, Francesco; Scharf, Thomas; Emirhafizović, Mirza; Villar, Feliciano; Motel-Klingebiel, Andreas (2020). MULTIDIMENSIONAL SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN LATER LIFE; Briefing Paper A Roadmap for Future Research and Policy Collaboration. ISBN: 9781908358769. 20 s. ROSEnet CA15122 COST ACTION.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4025298

Aartsen, Marja (2018). Exclusion from social relations in later life, ROSEnet Briefing Paper Series edited by Thomas Scharf and Kieran Walsh. 20 s. COST action ROSEnet, Ireland.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4830523

Burholt, Vanessa; Winter, B; Aartsen, Marja ; Constantinou, Costas M.; Dahlberg, L; Gierveld, Jenny de Jong; Regenmortel, S van; Waldegrave, Charles (2017). An Evidence Review of Exclusion from Social Relations: From Genes to the Environment. 21 s. ROSEnet Social Relations Working Group.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5216826

Aartsen, Marja ; Thomese, Fleur (2015). Variaties in zorggebruik bij verschillende typen Amsterdamse ouderen: een langetermijnanalyse [Variations in care use among older People in Amsterdam: A longitudinal analyses]. 15 s. Ben Sajet Centrum.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5147534



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Formidling

Aartsen, Marja (2025). Social relationships, intimate relations, loneliness and isolation. Ageing and Social Change 03: Social Participation and Well-Being / PhD course. Linköping University.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5320599

Aartsen, Marja (2025). A theoretical reconstruction of loneliness from a sociological life course perspective. LIVES Thematic workshops. Unioversity of Geneva, Charikleia Lampraki & Oana Ciobanu.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5320593

Aartsen, Marja ; Dyb, Halvard Naterstad (2025). Nordmenn blant de minst ensomme i Europa.
https://doi.org/https://www.forskning.no/eldre-lan

Aartsen, Marja (2025). Ensomhet i Norge.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5275466

Aartsen, Marja (2025). Voluntary and involuntary labour market exit of older adults: a cross-country analysis using SHARE data.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5275459

Aartsen, Marja (2025). Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life. Towards a Better Understanding of the Loneliness Paradox in Europe. Workshop: Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life. Towards a Better Understanding of the Loneliness Paradox in Europe. University of Bucharest.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5275461

Aartsen, Marja (2025). Societal explanations of the loneliness paradox. Loneliness among older adults – research and implications for practice in the Nordic region. Nordic Welfare Centre, Dalarna University and Karolinska Institutet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5320595

Aartsen, Marja (2025). Loneliness in older Europeans: An overview of current emprical findings. 21st European Geriatric Medicine Society Congress. New landscapes in geriatric society. EUGMS.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3216931

Aartsen, Marja (2025). Bli mer sosial - lev lenger.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4130526

Aartsen, Marja (2025). Ensomhet kan øke dødelighet blant eldre.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3428025





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